Attendance Records?

Applying to College
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<p>Basically my junior year was full of a TON of absences and tardies (all excused), but my courseload was still pretty full. I just found it easy to get work done faster at home, and I liked to sleep in...</p>

<p>Anyway, I got a 4.0 UW for the year because I'm a very independent learner. However, my attendance record would look terrible to colleges...because second semester, I literally would miss at least one day or 1/2 day per week. It didn't affect my grades, but....do colleges see attendance records? Do they care if you were absent a lot if it didn't affect your grades?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Well they do see your transcripts and thus your absences. It really depends on how many you have - might they play it off as illness?</p>

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<p>They might. I hope it wouldn't matter, considering my GPA.</p>

<p>Dang I hate my high school.</p>

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<p>I think they would probably think of it as some sort of personal/family problem or illness, and would be impressed that you still managed to get a 4.0 UW. Not that it's an advantage, but I don't think it'd be a disadvantage either.</p>

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<p>Nice. I hadn't thought of it in that light.</p>

<p>Thannnks, montagne.</p>

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Well they do see your transcripts and thus your absences. It really depends on how many you have - might they play it off as illness?

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<p>actually, absences arent on my transcript. they are on my report card at the end of the year, but the transcript looks different.</p>

<p>maybe ask your school if they are even on there.</p>

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<p>They definitely aren't on my transcript, only on report cards, like your's.</p>

<p>I don't think I'll have anything to worry about. I was just curious as to whether or not they requested it through my school somehow.</p>

<p>Paranoiiiddd.</p>

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<p>yeah, i dont think so.</p>

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<p>If they don't show up on your transcript then the schools won't see it at all. No worries. They don't have time to request attendance records for each student that applies.</p>

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<p>Yeah, don't worry about the attendance. Actually, you seem pretty similar to me. I missed a ton of school last year because I just liked sleeping in, or thought going to school some days was slightly unproductive... I'm guessing colleges don't have time to look at attendance records, just your grades...which are good. So don't worry about it. I hadn't even thought about this until now ;)</p>

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<p>absences aren't on my transcript!</p>

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<p>Absences don't usually show up on your transcript.</p>

<p>But how do you expect to get good letters of rec if you never show up to class?</p>

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<p>Chillll out. I had amazing relationships with my teachers last year. Sure, they'd give me a hard time, but I'm pretty prominent in my school with leadership and whatnot. </p>

<p>Plus a lot of my teachers appreciated the fact that I turned things in EARLY to be graded so I didn't need to show up on due dates.</p>

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<p>I doubt they'll care about the absences..maybe it'll be a good thing. They'll think your sick yet you still pulled a great GPA off!</p>

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<p>Yeah no worries. Interesting though that your absences don’t show up on the transcript. They definitely do at my school.</p>

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